i'm currently subscribed to streamyx combo package 512kb (fixed line) which inclusive phone rental and paying RM90 per mth.Thinking of upgrading to 1MB and wireless, as sometimes my bro and sis will fight to online

but i'm not sure which is the best option to do..is it better to;a) upgrade my plan to blockbuster deal right now which costs RM 110/mth? if 2 ppl online at the same time, they'll get average speed of 512kb?b) upgrade to super upgrade deal? which costs RM 90 for the first 4 mths? and RM95 on 5th mth onwards? but does it include phone rental and is it wired connection?? if wired i need to buy router is it??? is using router better than wireless then?? c) or better to subscribe from maxis, celcom, digi or P1???

they usually use internet to browse websites for info, news, sometimes youtube, download songs, watch movies once a while..facebook to play games...

i'm a bit confuse with all the packages right now and not very good in IT, so don't understand which is more cost effective.

i'm currently subscribed to streamyx combo package 512kb (fixed line) which inclusive phone rental and paying RM90 per mth.Thinking of upgrading to 1MB and wireless, as sometimes my bro and sis will fight to online

but i'm not sure which is the best option to do..is it better to;a) upgrade my plan to blockbuster deal right now which costs RM 110/mth? if 2 ppl online at the same time, they'll get average speed of 512kb?b) upgrade to super upgrade deal? which costs RM 90 for the first 4 mths? and RM95 on 5th mth onwards? but does it include phone rental and is it wired connection?? if wired i need to buy router is it??? is using router better than wireless then?? c) or better to subscribe from maxis, celcom, digi or P1???

they usually use internet to browse websites for info, news, sometimes youtube, download songs, watch movies once a while..facebook to play games...

i'm a bit confuse with all the packages right now and not very good in IT, so don't understand which is more cost effective.

appreciate for your guys' inputs and advices.

by the way, my location is jb.

many thanks!

Hey,the answer is obviously what No point for you to upgrade to blockbuster deal(Free phone call) when you need a more high speed broadband!!

Second,TM right now have WIFI modem ma neither you upgrade to blockbuster or Super Upgrade Deal u can always request for the free WIFI modem from TM point or reseller so that you no need buy separate router!!

Hey,the answer is obviously what No point for you to upgrade to blockbuster deal(Free phone call) when you need a more high speed broadband!!

Second,TM right now have WIFI modem ma neither you upgrade to blockbuster or Super Upgrade Deal u can always request for the free WIFI modem from TM point or reseller so that you no need buy separate router!!

coz both packages also let u to upgrade to 1mb, just wondering which one is better and cheaper?

u mean even if i din upgrade any packages from them, i can still request free wifi modem?? i didn't know abt this.and with current 512kb, if 2 ppl use at the same time, will become 256kb speed each?

could u recommend me a good router then? but understand if u use router, ur speed will be divided toothanks!

Quite a common one these days would be the Linksys WRT54GL which is specially manufactured to be flashed to 3rd party firmwares. Well, it all depends on how you configure it, you can set it to divide equally or even just do a packet shaping giving priority to certain applications. For example, you can give priority this way:

So if it is configured this way, say there's nobody using the Internet connection and the only computer that is switched on is downloading via BitTorrent, it will then obtain full speed but should other computers come on doing web browsing later on, the HTTP traffic will automatically be prioritized to allow it to go through first so this will reduce the traffic congestion significantly.

Some 3rd party firmwares that you can look at will be DD-WRT and Tomato.

could u recommend me a good router then? but understand if u use router, ur speed will be divided toothanks!

The speed is dynamically devided by two.What this means is...say person A, after open a webpage, he/she is reading that webpage, no data transfer activity on A,than person B if he/she is download some thing person B is getting 1mbps.

If both person A and B is doing download at the sametime, than both of them are getting 500kbps.